Paint and Body Stuck Glass, Motor Good.

[Scott Murphy]

Hey guys and gals.
Issue with my 84 Fox hatch passenger door glass. The motors are good having inspected the gears and replaced the rollers. The problem is the glass goes most of the way up until about 1 finger width from the top. The problem was there before I changed the run channel from the original and is still there now I have new run channel. I've tested the regulator arm and it goes further than without the glass. The glass goes all the way up without the run channel. The problem is with the glass I'm thinking because it is a replacement glass. My question is anyone heard of glass being over sized in terms of width or otherwise bend etc? The driver door glass replacement from the same donor works fine. It seems the width of this glass is the issue and stops it going up rather than the curve of the glass. Any ideas would be great. The

 

[Benz510]

I'm having this same problem on my 89 Gt. I purchased new glass brackets and guide rod bushings. I will install them amd let u know how it turns out. Mine won't even go up with the motor removed and manually pulling up on it. Kind of a head scratcher.

 

[Scott Murphy]

I'm having this same problem on my 89 Gt. I purchased new glass brackets and guide rod bushings. I will install them amd let u know how it turns out. Mine won't even go up with the motor removed and manually pulling up on it. Kind of a head scratcher.

Hey, glad to know it wasn't just me! I actually solved this yesterday. I jammed the glass 99% of the way and left it in the sun. Left it a few days then had another go out of desperation. Even used the wood paint stirer like LMR demonstrate in their vids. Next time it went up it did to almost the same point by itself! I adjusted the bolts etc and it seems to be solved. I was looking at buying new glass and all I was that desperate. Seems the new channel just needed time and the adjusting needed more effort. Hope yours works out. Let me know how you go!

 

[Benz510]

Hey, glad to know it wasn't just me! I actually solved this yesterday. I jammed the glass 99% of the way and left it in the sun. Left it a few days then had another go out of desperation. Even used the wood paint stirer like LMR demonstrate in their vids. Next time it went up it did to almost the same point by itself! I adjusted the bolts etc and it seems to be solved. I was looking at buying new glass and all I was that desperate. Seems the new channel just needed time and the adjusting needed more effort. Hope yours works out. Let me know how you go!

So yours Was caused by new weather stripping for the windows? I might just run that adjustment that they did in that video after installing the guide bushings. I tried to force the window up with no motor and it seemed to get stuck still.

 

[Scott Murphy]

So yours Was caused by new weather stripping for the windows? I might just run that adjustment that they did in that video after installing the guide bushings. I tried to force the window up with no motor and it seemed to get stuck still.

Yep mine was the same. Regulator arm and motor was fine. Use the wooden stirrer to make sure the channel near the rear vision mirror is properly seated. Jam it up from underneath without the arm attached. Leave it there for a few days to settle. I used some wd40 on the edges to help it slide up. Messy but it did the job. See how you go then.

 

[Benz510]

Yep mine was the same. Regulator arm and motor was fine. Use the wooden stirrer to make sure the channel near the rear vision mirror is properly seated. Jam it up from underneath without the arm attached. Leave it there for a few days to settle. I used some wd40 on the edges to help it slide up. Messy but it did the job. See how you go then.

Which arm are u referring to?

 

[Scott Murphy]

Yep mine was the same. Regulator arm and motor was fine. Use the wooden stirrer to make sure the channel near the rear vision mirror is properly seated. Jam it up from underneath without the arm attached. Leave it there for a few days to settle. I used some wd40 on the edges to help it slide up. Messy but it did the job. See how you go then.

The main regulator arm that pushes the window up.

 

[Benz510]

The main regulator arm that pushes the window up.

Gotcha. I'll figure it out. I'll let u know how it goes next week! Ty